Google is working on a way for Pixel users to automatically populate their home screen with related apps, widgets, and more.

Pixel Launcher now offers custom icon packs that theme all apps, with many styles and colors to choose from. It's so good it made me ditch custom launchers.

A Google Pixel Launcher bug is causing recently closed apps to reopen when users switch to a new app. Multiple reports across Reddit and Google’s Issue Tracker show the issue effects various devices, ...

The newest Android 17 beta dropped on us yesterday and it appears to be the biggest one yet. After the first two rolled out and left us wondering when Google would bring the goods, this new Beta 3 has ...

Google's new AI-generated app icons for Pixel phones are here, and I'm not very impressed by the offering.

Within the past several days, a group of Pixel owners noticed a change to the way the Search bar at the bottom of their Pixel Launcher home screen worked. Because this change was not an improvement in ...

I install a personal list of favorite Android apps whenever I use a new Pixel, and one of the first apps to go is the default launcher. The Pixel Launcher is an app I’ve tried to love over the years, ...

In December, Pixel Launcher search was replaced by the Google app. The Android 16 QPR3 March update compounds this design regression by removing the M3 Expressive search bar from the homescreen. Last ...

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Google’s Android 17 Beta 1 introduces a refreshed Pixel Launcher search bar that ditches the thick Material You borders for a more translucent, minimalist look. The new design resembles an earlier ...